A parametric study of single-wall carbon nanotube growth by laser ablation

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 762-773

  Arepalli, Sivaram ^a   Holmes, William A ^a   Nikolaev, Pavel ^a   Hadjiev, Victor G ^b   Scott, Carl D ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser Ablation; Raman Spectroscopy; SEM; Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes; TEM

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DENSITY; FLOW RATES; LASER OVEN PROCESS; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES;

LASER ABLATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RAMAN SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON; HELIUM; CARBON NANOTUBE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENERGY; FLOW RATE; GAS; LASER; NANOTUBE; PARAMETER; PRESSURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PRESSURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 7944222942     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2004.087     Document Type: Article

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